“It has been decided by the national selectors to send Rangana Herath for the Sri Lanka tour of England, in place of Suranga Lakmal who is injured”
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Sri Lanka have decided to call up spinner Rangana Herath to replace Suranga Lakmal after he tore his hamstring during the first ODI against England at The Oval.
“Chris Cairns is meeting with the Met police to conclude the interview he started and is also hoping to meet with the ICC anti-corruption unit”
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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has travelled to London in order to be interviewed by police in relation to the ongoing match-fixing investigation.
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“Wayne has expressed no wrongdoing so we hope that the case can be concluded as soon as possible”
South Africa left-arm pace bowler Wayne Parnell has been released from the national team to attend a court hearing in Mumbai for his drug-related charges during the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Bravo returned home due to personal reasons
West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been ruled out for the remainder of the national team’s tour of New Zealand after returning home due to personal reasons.
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Narine picked up 12 wickets in his last series against New Zealand
West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been drafted into the Test squad for the national team’s upcoming three-Test series against New Zealand, which gets underway on December 3 in Dunedin.
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“I believe that the series can still be played in a good spirit – and let the best team win”
After having denounced Australia opening batsman David Warner for calling England batsman Jonathan Trott “pretty poor and pretty weak”, Andy Flower is hoping that both teams “know where to draw the line” when it comes to sledging.
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“He’s had a couple of these injections before, and they’ve been successful”
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has given the national team a major scare ahead of the Ashes series, which gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane, after he suffered a recurrence of his knee injury.
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Johnson’s last Test match came against India in March
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson, who has tormented the Indian batsmen throughout the ongoing seven-match ODI series, has flown home in order to get some much-needed practice prior to the start of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals England on November 21 in Brisbane.
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Pietersen is England’s highest run-scorer in all formats
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has not flown to Australia with the rest of the Ashes squad after he was granted compassionate leave by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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Akmal suffered the seizure while representing the Barbados Tridents in the CPL
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been cleared to resume playing cricket with “no restriction on physical activity or exertion” after getting a clean bill of health from his neurologist.
